Asturias Forum ( Spanish : Foro Asturias , Asturian : Foru Asturies , Foro ), previously known as Forum of Citizens (Spanish: Foro de Ciudadanos , FAC ) is a regionalist political party in the Principality of Asturias .
4-631: Asturias Forum was founded in January 2011 by former Deputy Prime Minister Francisco Álvarez Cascos , who left the People's Party (PP) after failing to be selected as the party's candidate for President of the Principality of Asturias in the 2011 election . In the Asturian election, Álvarez Cascos led the party under the name "Forum of Citizens" ( Spanish : Foro de Ciudadanos ). FAC won sixteen seats, making it
8-754: The largest party on the General Council. Together with the PP, FAC's gains gave the centre-right a majority in Asturias for the first time. The party has spoken to all three other parties to create a more consensual political climate. At the November 2011 Spanish election , the party won one of Asturias's eight seats in the Congress of Deputies . After months of deadlock in the Asturian regional assembly, fresh elections were held. During these elections, FAC lost four seats; it became
12-540: The second largest party behind the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). On 12 February 2015, Francisco Álvarez-Cascos surprisingly announced he would not stand again as Asturias Forum's candidate and resigned the presidency of the party. Álvarez-Cascos was succeeded by Cristina Coto , while he went on to become the party's secretary-general. After the resignation of Cristina Coto due to differences with Álvarez Cascos, Carmen Moriyón , mayoress of Gijón ,
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